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Daniel Pearson

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018PEAR04

Daniel Pearson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at PLU NxN 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,630th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2018, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.92 in December 2018 to 8.93, a 57% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.93
signature single · PLU NxN 2022
311
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9310.26
top 4.7%2,630 / 59,724
2×22.383.52
top 7.8%3,062 / 40,951
4×441.7547.85
top 14.2%2,110 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.528.10
top 16.6%4,402 / 28,708
5×51:26.941:33.77
top 24.9%1,935 / 9,401
Megaminx1:47.361:58.53
top 38.9%2,792 / 7,841
Square-131.9536.98
top 53.2%3,493 / 6,743
Skewb14.3519.89
top 76.1%14,453 / 18,907

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 20.92PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 17.10Puget Sound Spring 2019: 14.29Puget Sound Summer 2019: 10.34Puget Sound Fall 2019: 10.61Puget Sound NxNxN 2019: 11.30Washington Championship 2020: 10.64PDX Cubing for Causes 2020: 10.23SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 9.21PLU NxN 2022: 8.938.9320.928 Dec 201819 Mar 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.